Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 8,184 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Evelyn Preer (1896-1932)
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University of Maryland, Eastern Shore (1886- )
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James E. Stamps (1890-1972)
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John Wendell Thompson (1949– )

Explore Global African History

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Henri Salvador (1917-2008)
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Krystian Legierski (1978– )
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Kingdom of Benin
Yoweri Museveni
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Yoweri Kaguta Museveni (1944- )

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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What Can I Do with A Black Studies Major? Five Hundred Answers Provided by Robert Fikes, Jr.
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African Americans and Cuba’s First Experiment in Castro-Era Tourism: The Joe Louis Commission in Post Revolutionary Havana, 1959-1960
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Sam Langford: History’s Forgotten Boxer
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Defending Nikkei: Hugh MacBeth and the Japanese American Internment

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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